Never a surprise answer.

I can understand why liberals like Chris Matthews and Ed Shultz would want to be fair and have a dissenting panelist. What I don't understand is why any show would solicit Ron Christie's opinon on anything. One can easily guess his answer on any subject. He is never reasoned, never fair, never hesitant. He vociferously spouts the party line with every appearance, even when his position is completely and ludicrously untenable. He is like the mailroom boss in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying who sings, "Whatever the company thinks, I think so, too." No Republican has ever made a mistake. Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin are eminently qualified for any political role. There was no problem with Michelle Bachmann questioning the loyalty of Democrats in Congress. Bush was a swell president. The Iraq War was a wise decision. What is the point of having someone like this write a column when anyone giving two sides of any political question could write it for him—just "play it the company way" no matter what?

Added note: To show what an apologist this creep is, he defended Rush Limbaugh for referring to a black lawmaker as Ms. Daisy's chauffer, denying that such a remark had any racial connotations. In the same Hardball show, he suggested, as many Fox commentators have that President Obama had said Republicans would have to ride in the back of the bus, when Obama clearly said the back of the car, meaning that Republicans, having driven us in a ditch, should not be in the driver's seat. This was a despicable deception by Christie in which even summoned the name of Rosa Parks to further his false argument.